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Suggests that popular culture is vital to how adolescents make sense of the world and educators should tap into it as a tool for imparting critical thinking skills in students. This work critically examines and interprets concepts of popular culture, allowing readers to re-examine the fundamental aspects of popular culture as a societal force.

In this book, Robert Hess promotes teacher leadership as the critical component to achieving breakthrough results in school improvement.

Addresses common pitfalls and the knowledge necessary to succeed in the administrative position of the assistant principal. This guide includes the topics of the specific role of the assistant principal, legal issues in the school system, dealing with parents and guardians, methods to document all interactions, and school discipline.

Covering important social work issues aimed at students, this work includes paired articles which talk to each other. Each pair of readings features an introduction with a list of Points to Ponder which introduces students to the issues they'll encounter as they read, and ends with a conclusion entitled The Continuing Debate.

The Operator's Manual for the New Administration explains how government works and how to make it work to advance policy goals and objectives. Bringing decades of experience in government administration, the authors have identified eight key tools-leadership, performance, people, money, contracting, technology, innovation, and collaboration-that executives must utilize in order to be successful.

In Understanding the Whole Student the authors contend that good education is, and must be, multicultural in order to gain a deeper perspective on issues under analysis in the classroom through the sharing and negotiating of many different cultural perspectives.

Offering a systematic discussion of key themes such as right, justice, law, equality, and autonomy, this work presages our contemporary world of economic globalization and international law. It is also a translation of a work in political philosophy.

Technology as a Catalyst for School Communities presents case studies that illustrate how administrators and teachers can work together to find solutions to the best ways to integrate technology in the classroom.

Provides research in a reader-friendly way to help teachers and administrators better understand the at-risk student. This book also includes numerous brain-compatible instructional strategies and classroom management techniques, all intended to teach, support, and guide at-risk teenage students.

This book is intended to be a discussion point for how to develop a healthy relationship between personal experience and academic learning-which in light of our current results driven, testing culture, is the real benefit of the book.

Creative Ways to Teach the Mysteries of History, Volume 2 will make the teaching and learning of history a powerful and enjoyable experience in the classroom. All too often students say that history is the most boring subject they have at school. This volume will change the image of history for students and offer teachers an opportunity to go beyond the regular textbook.

Prominent political analyst and historian, Allan J. Lichtman, presents thirteen historical factors, or 'keys,' that have successfully predicted the outcome of presidential elections from 1860 to 2004.

A profile of the school superintendency, this work offers an examination of superintendents' personal characteristics, professional experience, and professional preparation and training; superintendent/school board relations; other issues affecting education and leadership; and the history of the school superintendent in American public education.

Helps you develop collaborative strategies that integrate the knowledge, ideas, expertise, resources, networks, and systems of the nonprofit, private, public, and religious sectors in the transformation of elementary and secondary schools.

A teacher resource based on holistic education for those educators who want to go beyond traditional approaches but do not know how. This book emphasises on the whole person (intellectual, physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and environmental) rather than the intellectual way of knowing.

Youth-Led Health Promotion in Urban Communities presents a comprehensive and up-to-date view on youth-led health promotion in the United States and provides recommendations for addressing health issues and problems related to urban youth of color. The book is comprehensive, providing statistical documentation and case illustrations.

How does one become a bishop in the Catholic Church? This book provides an historical overview from the earliest times when bishops were elected by the clergy and people of the diocese to the time where they are appointed by the pope. In light of clergy sexual abuse scandal, it argues to resume the role for the laity in the selection of bishops.

This book is a critical examination of mainstream research on racial profiling. Through qualitative analysis of interviews with people of color who have experienced racial profiling, it offers an alternative understanding of racialized law and the traffic stop as the manifestation of racialized law enforcement.

"Countries at the Crossroads" is an annual survey of government performance in 30 key countries worldwide. Useful for policymakers, scholars, and the international community, it provides a tool for assessing government performance in the areas of civil liberties, rule of law, anti-corruption and transparency, and accountability and public voice.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of policy, the practice, the affects, and recommendations for solutions to the exclusionary discipline policies of zero tolerance.

Here is a rich ethnographic description of Amish education in 21st Century America that describes how literacy, community, and accountability are key values in the Amish educational system.